A WORD TO THE UNITED STATES

 A WORD TO THE UNITED STATES

 

 "THERE IS NO CYRUS FOR THIS TIME"

16 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.17 They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you. 18 For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it? Jeremiah 23

The Lord says, “Cyrus was a king for that time, and there is no Cyrus for this time. There is no Cyrus who would deliver the people. It is man’s way of looking to man rather than Me, for man will always disappoint you, and the strength of man’s arm is not strong enough. “

Many think that someone is called by God to deliver a nation and bring us to a place of success and security (Trump), and yet we  (the united States)  are under judgment. Those that have prophesied these things have said them presumptuously. They are saying them from their own imagination. They are 'prophesying' these things because their own hearts have wanted these things but, it is not blessing that is coming, but judgment.

Cyrus, who was a pagan Persian king, was chosen to bring the nation of Israel back from captivity. Indeed, the king restored the Babylonian empire to a great state of splendor, but our nation is not in a position for that to happen now because of our state of sinfulness and decay (the people of this nation and this nation). So then if there is peace and security that is prophesied parallel to what Cyrus had done, then it certainly isn’t that, but rather the opposite. The comparison to Cyrus is a false comparison in lieu of our present state.

The prophet Daniel prayed to God that those in exile would be brought back and God heard his cry, but only after he had humbled himself in prayer. We have not done this, and repeatedly we have gone the other way instead, and so we are not released from what is coming to our land.

If anyone is prophesying peace and plenty that is coming, then they are false. It is not a time of restoration because we (this nation) haven’t repented. There is no man or woman that can deliver us at this time because the pendulum of judgment has begun.

3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 1 Thess. 5:3

God never takes a sinful nation that has broken so many of God’s laws, to then bring them peace and security. We have been warned again and again, and so then we think that God will bring in a financial harvest and security for us to reap? We have not sown to the spirit but to the flesh. God cannot bless what we have done, and He cannot just decide to not carry out His plan.

So, then God sends us someone that is the instrument of His judgment, and not the instrument for our blessing. 

Stephen Hanson 

Aug 31 2016